僬 (jiāo): used in 僬侥: a legendary race of…

Meanings

古代传说中有身高三尺的僬侥。

Gǔdài chuánshuō zhōng yǒu shēngāo sān chǐ de jiāoyáo.

Ancient legend tells of the Jiaoyao, a people only three feet tall.

僬侥国的故事出自《列子》。

Jiāoyáo guó de gùshi chū zì 《 Lièzǐ 》.

The story of the dwarf country comes from the classic 'Liezi'.

culture

僬 survives only in 僬侥, a mythical race of three-foot-tall dwarfs from old texts like 列子 and 山海经. It can also figuratively mean a petty, lowly person.

radical

亻 rén

person

Left is the side-person radical 亻, the standing form of 人. It marks the character as a kind of human being — here a legendary dwarf people.

phonetic

焦 jiāo

scorched (phonetic)

Right is 焦, here purely for sound, giving the jiāo reading exactly. The same phonetic appears in 蕉 (banana) and 礁 (reef).

僬 jiāo